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heighten
height·en H0126100 (hīt′n)v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens v.tr.1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.2. To make high or higher; raise.v.intr.1. To rise or increase in quantity or degree; intensify.2. To become high or higher; rise.
height′en·er n.heighten (ˈhaɪtən) vb1. to make or become high or higher2. to make or become more extreme or intense ˈheightened adj ˈheightener nheight•en (ˈhaɪt n)
v.t. 1. to increase the degree or amount of; augment. 2. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten one's awareness. 3. to increase the height of; make higher. 4. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing. v.i. 5. to increase: The tension heightened. 6. to become brighter or more intense. [1515–25] height′en•er, n. syn: See elevate. heighten
Past participle: heightened
Gerund: heightening
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| heighten | | heighten |
| Present |
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| I heighten | | you heighten | | he/she/it heightens | | we heighten | | you heighten | | they heighten |
| Preterite |
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| I heightened | | you heightened | | he/she/it heightened | | we heightened | | you heightened | | they heightened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am heightening | | you are heightening | | he/she/it is heightening | | we are heightening | | you are heightening | | they are heightening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have heightened | | you have heightened | | he/she/it has heightened | | we have heightened | | you have heightened | | they have heightened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was heightening | | you were heightening | | he/she/it was heightening | | we were heightening | | you were heightening | | they were heightening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had heightened | | you had heightened | | he/she/it had heightened | | we had heightened | | you had heightened | | they had heightened |
| Future |
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| I will heighten | | you will heighten | | he/she/it will heighten | | we will heighten | | you will heighten | | they will heighten |
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| I will have heightened | | you will have heightened | | he/she/it will have heightened | | we will have heightened | | you will have heightened | | they will have heightened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be heightening | | you will be heightening | | he/she/it will be heightening | | we will be heightening | | you will be heightening | | they will be heightening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been heightening | | you have been heightening | | he/she/it has been heightening | | we have been heightening | | you have been heightening | | they have been heightening |
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| I will have been heightening | | you will have been heightening | | he/she/it will have been heightening | | we will have been heightening | | you will have been heightening | | they will have been heightening |
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| I had been heightening | | you had been heightening | | he/she/it had been heightening | | we had been heightening | | you had been heightening | | they had been heightening |
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| I would heighten | | you would heighten | | he/she/it would heighten | | we would heighten | | you would heighten | | they would heighten |
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| I would have heightened | | you would have heightened | | he/she/it would have heightened | | we would have heightened | | you would have heightened | | they would have heightened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | heighten - become more extreme; "The tension heightened"riseincrease - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | | 2. | heighten - make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | | 3. | heighten - increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"enhance, raisecompound, deepen, intensify, heighten - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"potentiate - increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug" | | 4. | heighten - increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" | | 5. | heighten - make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"sharpencompound, deepen, intensify, heighten - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"subtilise, subtilize - make (senses) more keen | | 6. | heighten - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"compound, deepen, intensifyincrease - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"screw up, hot up, heat up - make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"fan - make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"enhance, heighten, raise - increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"amplify - increase the volume of; "amplify sound"sharpen - make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"heighten, sharpen - make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" |
heightenverb intensify, increase, add to, improve, strengthen, enhance, sharpen, aggravate, magnify, amplify, augment The move has heightened tension in the state.heightenverb1. To make greater in intensity or severity:aggravate, deepen, enhance, intensify, redouble.2. To increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of sound:amplify, elevate, raise.Translationsheight (hӕit) noun1. the distance from the bottom to the top of something. What is the height of this building?; He is 1.75 metres in height. 高度 高度2. the highest, greatest, strongest etc point. He is at the height of his career; The storm was at its height. 頂點，最大(強)的程度 顶点，最强点 3. the peak or extreme. dressed in the height of fashion; His actions were the height of folly. 絕頂 绝顶4. a high place. We looked down from the heights at the valley beneath us. 高地 高地ˈheighten verb1. to make or become higher. to heighten the garden wall. 加高，變高 加高2. to increase (an effect etc). 增加 增加EncyclopediaSeeheightheighten
Related to heighten: intensify, invidious, hyphen, hallowed, captivatingSynonyms for heightenverb intensifySynonyms- intensify
- increase
- add to
- improve
- strengthen
- enhance
- sharpen
- aggravate
- magnify
- amplify
- augment
Synonyms for heightenverb to make greater in intensity or severitySynonyms- aggravate
- deepen
- enhance
- intensify
- redouble
verb to increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of soundSynonymsSynonyms for heightenverb become more extremeSynonymsRelated Wordsverb make more extremeRelated Wordsverb increaseSynonymsRelated Words- compound
- deepen
- intensify
- heighten
- potentiate
verb increase the height ofRelated Words- lift
- raise
- elevate
- get up
- bring up
verb make (one's senses) more acuteSynonymsRelated Words- compound
- deepen
- intensify
- heighten
- subtilise
- subtilize
verb make more intense, stronger, or more markedSynonymsRelated Words- increase
- screw up
- hot up
- heat up
- fan
- enhance
- heighten
- raise
- amplify
- sharpen
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